Data has become a powerful force in our lives.
It can make a factory's production line more efficient; it can improve the quality of healthcare. It can create new ways to learn in schools and help to make cars safer.

Our European values demand that we do not leave other countries to deal with such outbreaks alone. While the risk of transmission of the Zika virus in the EU is still extremely low, there is currently no treatment or vaccine against the virus and that is everyone's problem.

The human brain is one of life's most beautiful and complex mysteries. We are all wired differently. We each bring our own thoughts, passions and emotions to life in a different way, but what is most remarkable is how little we know about this vital organ. How little we know about the very thing which sets us apart and, at the same time, unites us as human beings.